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The representatives of the colonies create the Declaration of Independence. They chose to become self independent from the tyranny of Great Britain and create their own government.
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Thomas Jefferson created a bill through the new state assembly to abolish the practice of entail in Virginia, which kept estates within one family.
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George Washington led the Continental Army across the Delaware River against the Hessian soldiers stationed at Trenton, where they were able to defeat and capture the Hessian army the next day.
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The Continental Army was brought into Princeton where they fought General Lord Cornwallis' army and pushed them into New York, winning them control of New Jersey.
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Vermont publishes it's own declaration of independence where it outlawed slavery and granted universal suffrage.
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A military Raid by the Continental Army on a British loyalist foraging party in Sag Harbor. 6 loyalists were killed and 90 were captured.
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John Burgoyne lead British forced into Fort Ticonderoga, capturing it which increased British morale.
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Cherokee makes a treaty with North Carolina and Virginia to end the war between them and claim their land.
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Commander-in-chief William Howe leads British Army into Philadelphia and proceeds to capture it, forcing the Continental Congress to move to York.
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On September 19, 1777, up to October 17, the British and the American Continental Army fought in Stillwater, NY. The Continental Army was able to claim victory which was a huge turning point in the revolution as the British lost many soldiers and supplies.
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Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation form America's first national government.
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A combined British army and navy force lands in Portsmouth, Virginia, destroying $2,000,000 worth of supplies, ships, and tobacco.
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Charleston, South Carolina, falls to British troops under Sir Henry Clinton.
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George Washington, on September 28, 1781, brought an army full of French and American soldiers against the British army in one of the most important battles of the Revolutionary War, where the victory of the Americans ended the fighting on colonial territory.
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John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens, for the United States, and Richard Oswald, on behalf of George III, meet in Paris in order to sign the Preliminary Articles of Peace.
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The Continental Congress issues the proclamation "Declaring the Cessation of Arms" against Britain in order to end the fighting with Britain in order to come to peace terms.
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The representatives of the Americas and King George the third signed the treaty in order to officially the end the Revolutionary War.
